North Carolina · 1937

Top 100 names in North Carolina, 1937, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rang	Name	Geburten
#1	Mary	2,304
#2	Betty	1,494
#3	Shirley	1,365
#4	Barbara	1,057
#5	Dorothy	744
#6	Margaret	671
#7	Doris	620
#8	Nancy	616
#9	Annie	607
#10	Peggy	603
#11	Martha	491
#12	Helen	459
#13	Frances	455
#14	Patricia	438
#15	Carolyn	419
#16	Joyce	406
#17	Shelby	386
#18	Ruby	376
#19	Virginia	363
#20	Elizabeth	339
#21	Alice	332
#22	Sarah	321
#23	Mildred	311
#24	Jean	292
#25	Ruth	292
#26	Evelyn	259
#27	Sylvia	255
#28	Ann	229
#29	Edna	229
#30	Louise	220
#31	Patsy	219
#32	Hazel	211
#33	Lois	200
#34	Janice	199
#35	Thelma	195
#36	Emma	190
#37	Margie	184
#38	Geraldine	184
#39	Norma	173
#40	Ethel	169
#41	Carol	167
#42	Linda	167
#43	Gladys	160
#44	Clara	160
#45	Rachel	159
#46	Bessie	158
#47	Rebecca	156
#48	Edith	151
#49	Willie	149
#50	Phyllis	149
#51	Jo	147
#52	Nellie	146
#53	Lillie	145
#54	Joan	145
#55	Marie	145
#56	Jane	144
#57	Rosa	142
#58	Juanita	141
#59	Gloria	140
#60	Ella	136
#61	Mattie	131
#62	Catherine	130
#63	Wilma	129
#64	Christine	129
#65	Lillian	128
#66	Julia	127
#67	Bertha	126
#68	Minnie	125
#69	Myrtle	122
#70	Alma	121
#71	Elsie	121
#72	Josephine	120
#73	Sara	119
#74	Carrie	119
#75	Kay	113
#76	Ellen	111
#77	Faye	111
#78	Pauline	111
#79	Hattie	110
#80	Hilda	108
#81	Bettie	108
#82	Eva	107
#83	Janet	106
#84	Laura	104
#85	Joann	104
#86	Bobbie	103
#87	Billie	103
#88	Vivian	103
#89	Grace	102
#90	Lucille	101
#91	Anne	100
#92	Anna	99
#93	Ida	99
#94	Irene	99
#95	Jessie	97
#96	Lula	96
#97	Lucy	95
#98	Marjorie	95
#99	Bernice	94
#100	Eleanor	93

Uniquely popular in North Carolina

Names whose share of births in this state is far above the national share (per 10,000 births).

Name	Geburten	Per 10k in state	Per 10k nationwide
Johnsie	21	6	0
Doretha	33	9	1
Pattie	23	6	1
Shelby	386	106	19
Pearline	20	5	1
Nannie	38	10	2
Queen	35	10	2
Peggie	27	7	2
Delois	28	8	2
Maggie	92	25	6
Nell	46	13	3
Shelba	49	13	3

Figures are from the U.S. Social Security Administration Popular Baby Names dataset (public domain). Names with fewer than 5 recorded births in a year or state are suppressed by the source.